Here's my guess.
Rpatrick thinks all summer about what his Masters thesis should be. Comes up with something along the lines of "Gullibility & civility of message board readers" or, perhaps, "Gullibility & civility of audiophiles" and crafts an experiment of posting some made up goofiness on various web sites and then studies the responses, sees how many bite, etc. Posts similar things in various forums to build buzz and/or lend credence to initial goofiness or to see if one board's denizens are more gullible than another's. Maybe does this in several subject areas - tests audiophiles versus videophiles versus Kerry supporters versus Bush supporters.
Timing is right starts posting here in August when he gets back to school. Timing is right for the swift boat boys and fake national guard documents as well. Hmmm.
Everyone that has responded...web lab rats.
Now, back to the music. In the words of Tonio K: "Just because we're hypnotized, that don't mean we can't dance".
